[Ralzari Malian]

After awaking to the sun coming down directly onto his eyes, Ral got out of his cot and woke up with one of his rations and a flask of water. After his training yesterday it did'nt take him long to finish off his ration and then he quickily chugged his flask of water (mainly because he did'nt really like it much) then got up and headed towards the training field. As he walked onto the field he went to the far side of the field and began to excercise before all the other lughorn awoke. Ral started with 25 sit-yps and then moved on to 25 pushups. As he stood to his feet he stretched his arms, then begun his 3 laps around the field. The first two laps were hard, but noy too hard. After he'd finished his last lap, he was about ready to give out, so he sat down for a few moments. After a couple minutes of resting, Ral was ready to start his days training.

The basics was what Ral was starting with. As he looked at the differents parts of his axe Ral said their names in his head. "Dis da face, den da blade, den da shaft, an las da handle," Ral said to himself as he looked at the different pieces. Next thing he was going to work on was balance. Ral grabbed the shaft of his axe and held his axe above his head. Then Ral stood on his right foot and leaned as far as he could to the left and then he leaned as far as possible to the right. As he finished the basics and the balance part of his training Ral kept on going, moving onto the next lesson.

The sun was well up and now all of the other lughorns awoke and were making their way on to the field. Ral brought his attention back to his training and moved onto balance and swinging. Still on one foot Ral leaned to the right to dodge an imaginary attack and swung his axe at his fake opponent. Standing on both feet Ral faced his "opponent" and jumped right as his opponent attacked. As he landed on his right foot he swung his axe into the torso of the "shara". As the next attack came at Ral He jumped to the left and as he landed on his left foot Ral swung his axe into the imaginary mans side.The basic attack stance was the next lesson, so Ral held the axe with his right hand between the mid-shaft and handle. And with his left hand he held the end of the handle. As for his feet, Ral moved his left foot to the front and he put his weight on his right foot, which he'd moved back.

Moving on, now it was time for the first actual attack, the overhead strike. For this lesson Ral walked over to the part of the training field where there were a line of small trees, which were used as targets. Standing in front of a small oak tree, Ral got himself into the basic attack stance. Quickily, he whipped his axe back and lunged it forward, going over his head and sinking into the top of the tree. Upon finishing the overhead strike, Ral kept on with his review by moving onto measuring distance. Ral held his axe straight out in front of him until the tip of the blade was touching the tree. Following this Ral tokk 2 steps backwards and then swung his axe from right to left in a horizontal arc. His left arm came across his chest and his axe came down to his left waistline. Following up the measuring swing, Ral sliced the oak with an overhead swing.

The last review of the day was the horde battle array and for this review he would need a partner. So Ral waited by the treeline, until an orc came over there and needed a partner. Once he noticed an orc headed his way and Ral said,"Me need partner ju up for it." Upon hearing this the orc replied,"Jeah, me need partner too." So Ral and the orc got into position and began the lesson. Ral was on the left so he started the array. Once he was in the attack stance Ral made the first attack by swinging his axe from right to left and horizontally,performing the measuring swing. Then his partner continued by performing an overhead strike and then Ral followed it up with the final strike, swinging his axe diagnally from left to right sinking the blade into the tree. Once they were finished they switched places and his partner started with the measuring swing and then Ral followed it with an overhead strike. Once he saw his partners axe finish the attack Ral took a step forward and let down a mighty overhead strike into the tree. And his partner finished the array with a diagnal swing hitting the tree at about neck/elbow level.Finally they had finished there days review, so Ral walked off the field and back into the barracks to take a quick rest.